Telegram-herald., 1887-06-10
4 COMEDIAN IN COURT
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part Of xsler and pleaded guilty - TIE
charge Of reslding N house Of ~ s<ne,
snd paid tie stipulated sara assessed The
other yiesims sls.S0
Pauline Brown. accused of visiting .
house Of lil- Tome. s2s lie Fici1fa u ctrotlfn
stances. IA al old csss uied A. The eape-
nor Court some flnas sino<. Tie tslr Pauline
had besn indiscFest enough u scknosiedge
that she had been Guilty of improper cor
duct With a male c0mpsnion, and on the
strength Of her osn admission her kuili
was proven, and she contributed slo-e0 10
the elIy treasury.
James Roe. proprietor Of the Royal fsln
The man WHO locked up palTolnaan joe
Saith the other night-wss reported BY the
patfolman on duty Saturday night ss has-
ing kept his saloon open after hours and hs
viii have an examination June 10 The
charge preferred against him sss keeping
bar in . tavern open siter hours
The entire afternoon was spent IN trying
the case Of Johnny Ray, charged with re-
siding In . house Of ill-fsme. Two hours
were spent in securing jury, and bsiin
Pelton bad bis hands fuii In picking up
enough citizens 20 meet the demands OF
Assistant City Attorney Taylor and J. r.
Mcbride. attorney for fhs defense. About
forty Jurors were examined before the re-
quired six were found. The prosecution
brought forward Pstrolmen John 5chobey.
]. b. johnson, VIM. 4. Graves, Detectives
Cast and Gates and Sergeant Vim. }. Hur-
Hurley, ali Of whom swore 20 the reputa-
ton Of the house. bat OF their own know
ledge knew nothing Of its character for the
past four weeks. Sergeant Hurley
testified that IL was . rule OF the
police department 10 require the keepers
Of houses Of prostitution 10 report
weekly the names Of their women
and produced the book In which the records
were kept. The last entry under the name
Of Minnie Brown was dated May 2l. and
was TO the effect that . certain woman had
left the house. PAtrolmAn Joe Smith, for
the prosecution, testified to a conversation
had some time since with Ray. IN which
Ray had remarked that be thought every.
thing Of his wife. and that she intended
living respectfully hereafter. Nellie Long
and May Collins testified TO having resided
in the place kept by Minnie Brown, at 300
Canal-st, pronounced il house OF prost-
tuition, had seen Ray there. but ali this
was prior TO March 18th. when they LEFT The
place. The former in answer 10 direct
question said that she was common
prostitute. The prosecution then rested
their case:
Nellie Williams was the first witness
sworn for the defense. She stated that she
was q resident on Milwaukee-sve. In
Chicago: that she had resided with her
parents there that she came TO Grand
Rapids five weeks ago and had been at the
house of Minnie Brown since that time in
the dual capacity OF nurse and cook; there
had been no Woman kept there. Johnny
Ray testified 10 his marriage 20 Minnie
Brown over q year since. and stated under
oath that no woman had been kept In the
house for the past six weeks. This closed
the case which was devoid of interest
throughout, barring a few passes between
Mcbride and Sergeant Hurley, the former
being q staunch defender OF Ireland and the
latter an Jrangeman.
After the Arguments the judge charged
the Jury, clearly in favor sf the defendant
and at $50 they were sworn and fetired.
After deliberating until 7 o'clock. they were
unable TO agree. standing four for conyic-
ton and two for acqnittal, and were dis
charged hy the court. The case will prcb-
ably be tried over again to-day.
Charles Brown. convicted on the
charge Of vagrancy. was brought be-
fore the court for sentence. Judge
Holmes stated that this being the first
conviction in a case OF making night
walkers vsgrants, It had an influence on
him in not making the sentence too severe.
The costs in the case, $2997, being very
large-in fact much larger than usual In
cases of this kind-he would place the fine
at s. and costs. or in default forty days i'm
prisonment at hard labor in the County
Jail. J. +. Mcbride. his attorney. gave
notice of an appeal and fled the following
exceptions: First, 10 the Court sentencing
the prisoner for the reason that IL had no
jurisdiction; second, that the ordinance was
invalid; third, the judgment Is unlawful In
that il includes a larger amount Of
costs, witness fess and other costs. than al
lowed by law. Brown was remsnded 20
jail and Nr. Mcbride will take the matter
TO the Supreme Court on an application for
q writ Of bsbess corpus and thus determine
the legality Of the ordinance, Mcbride
claiming that the Council went further ia
defining the term ''vagrsnt' than the State